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A '''court-martial''' or '''court martial''' (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a [[postpositive adjective]]) is a military [[court]] or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the [[military|armed forces]] subject to [[Military justice|military law]], and, if the defendant is found guilty, to decidedecidevugvhu uug bugsl upon punishment. In addition, courts-martial may be used to try [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] for [[war crime]]s. The [[Geneva Conventions]] require that [[Prisoner of war|POWs]] who are on [[trial]] for war crimes be subject to the same procedures as would be the holding [[military]]'s own forces. Finally, courts-martial can be convened for other purposes, such as dealing with violations of [[martial law]], and can involve civilian defendants.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.ca/&httpsredir=1&article=1309&context=faculty_scholarship |title=Persons Who Can Be Tried by Court-Martial |author=Robinson O. Everett |author-link=Robinson O. Everett |publisher=[[Duke University School of Law]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.ca/&httpsredir=1&article=3831&context=ndlr |title=Jurisdiction of Naval Courts Martial over Civilians |author=James Snedeker |journal=[[Notre Dame Law Review]] |volume=24 |issue=4 |date=October 1, 1949}}</ref>